Topic: Gifts of the Spirit

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What gift did the Lord send back after He went to the right hand of the Father?

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But now, if our Lord was here, and the way I feel that that little girl is sick, to see a little, sweet little thing like that sick, I’ve got one at home that’s about like that. And you know how my heart would go for it. But if He was here, He would stand and talk to you maybe like this. He’d tell y...

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What is being restored to the church in the last day?

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It is to my humble belief, that we’re living near the end time. Or may I make it a little more personal than that, saying: we’re living in the end time. And if…I believe it’s time for restoration of the church that was promised that God would send in the last day. And I believe that this is the day...

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What does it mean for a man to have a gift of healing?

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Now, a gift of healing doesn’t mean that man heals somebody; it means the man has got faith in Divine healing that can point them to the finished work of Jesus Christ at Calvary.

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Can spiritual gifts be imparted by the laying on of hands?

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Now, that man can’t help because he doesn’t dream. Neither can you help because you do dream. Now, look. God made you that way. Is that right? Now, what if I told you, “Dream me a dream.” Could you do it? No, sir. Yet, you dream dreams. But I say, “Dream me a dream.” You can’t do it. The one who put...

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What determines what a person gets from a gift God sends?

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It’s your attitude towards it. Your attitude towards God’s Divine gift, will purchase just what you ask for. Do you understand? Oh, how I’d like to stop right here, Brother Boze, and punch that for about a half hour, but I can’t do it. Your attitude: God can send a gift, and no matter what you…Depen...

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When does a person receive their gifts and callings from God?

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Gifts and callings are without repentance. You absolutely receive them when you’re borned in this world. The Bible says that. How many believes in predestination, foreordination, election, calling, so forth? If you believe the Bible, you have to. Some of you didn’t put your hands up. I want to ask y...

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Do gifts from God come by the laying on of hands?

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Now, I was born by a gift. Those gifts don’t come by laying on of hands. Those gifts come by the sovereignty of God. Gifts and calling are without repentance. They was foreordained of God to be. Gifts are born. Jesus Christ in the garden of Eden, He was the woman’s Seed that would bruise the serpent...

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What is a gift of healing?

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Only faith can heal you, your own individual faith. Don’t you see what a gift of healing is? A gift of healing isn’t something that’s in somebody to heal somebody else. The man that’s being prayed for has to have the—the healing. He has to have the faith. Is that right? (Excuse me.) All right.

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Can God take back a gift once He has given it?

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Now, the reason that I believe that He will, is because gifts and callings are without repentance. See? God gives the gifts. He won’t take that away, but if I use it wrong, then He will deal with me for it. See? Now, that’s the reason I’m trying to just say all that I can, and you hear me bragging o...

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Is it scriptural to speak of 'the gift', or should it be 'a gift'?

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But I said that the Lord said, that these things that would take place would—would come from Him, that He sent me to—not to heal people. But watch. He said, “You were given a gift.” Now, when you call, talk about “the gift,” there is no such a thing. That’s unscriptural. “The gift…” First Corinthian...

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Was Jesus' knowing what was in people's hearts a form of mental telepathy?

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Jesus, they seen that He…He knew the peoples thoughts. He knew what they were thinking of. He saw visions and told them that He couldn’t do nothing till the Father showed Him. And what He said that the Father would do, that the Father had done, that every time was right. Isn’t that right? So they fi...

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Is it better to be a minister than a lay member of the church?

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Now, gifts and callings, now, let’s get back to what they are. God sets them aside. God places them in the church as He will. God gives severally as He will (Is that right?), not as I will, but as He will. Now, if God wanted me to be a—a lay member of the church, I’d be better off a lay member, than...

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Are spiritual gifts given for the benefit of the person who has them?

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Many people speak of God. And what’s an amazing thing to me, friends, that many times people speaking of God know so little about Him. See? They speak of it as…They know it as a joy, and they know they’re saved; they are. But when it comes to dealing with spiritual things (See?), that’s altogether a...

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Would Brother Branham rather have the gifts or the love of God?

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After all, I’d rather have the love of God sealed in my heart than all the gifts there is in the Bible. That’s right. I thought of that here a few nights ago. My little girl called me, and I told her…She wanted me to come home to her. She loves me, oh, my. And so I—I…She’s…I told her I sent her a li...

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Can a man use a gift from God in a way that is not God's will?

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Now, notice. Now, Moses smote the Rock, second time, representing that Christ should come to the earth and die again. Now, he had power to bring forth the Water out of the Rock, whether it was God’s will or not. Did you know that? Everybody will admit that it wasn’t God’s will. But Moses done it any...

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Why does First Corinthians 12 speak of 'gifts of healing' in the plural?

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Gather the people together, and speak to the rock. I’m going to try to start this prayer line about right now. Pray for all that I can…?…It won’t…Everyone will be prayed for tonight. What I’m speaking for now, is trying to find…?…for God in the…?… Moses had brought all the children of Israel through...

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What is the purpose of the gifts of the Spirit?

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And Divine healing isn’t a hocus-pocus affair. It isn’t saying a few mystery words over somebody and hypnotizing. It’s the truth revealed through Jesus Christ is Divine healing. That’s right. Gifts of the Spirit are brought down to edify. Or other words, it’s the flag a flying over top of the buildi...

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Can someone with a genuine gift from God still lose their soul?

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Now, let’s just get right down to our hearts now. And I want to tell you something, and we want to talk just for a few moments, just heart to heart. Now, I realize, and you realize too, and ministers, that a man can take a Divine gift, send his soul to hell with it. You know that? A gift from God…No...

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How can you tell whether a gift or an angel is from God?

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Now, sin is unbelief. Is that right? The first sin was committed by Eve, because she disbelieved God’s Word. Is that right? There’s where the whole thing lays tonight—disbelieving God’s Word. You believe God’s Word as It’s written here, you don’t need nothing else. But to stimulate people’s faith, G...

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According to Brother Branham, why are the nine spiritual gifts being restored to the church?

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And just before God cut off relationship with the Jews, He put nine spiritual gifts into the Church. And just before the Gentile’s age is over, He’s restoring back in the Church those nine spiritual gifts, giving the Gentile church its last call before turning again to Israel. And now tonight, while...